Would age be a factor in getting hired? Spirit seems like a young pilot group would they hire someone older say late 40’s or early 50’s?
Thanks.

We’ve hired plenty in that age range. Just flew with a recent hire that was 56. Age shouldn’t have much to do with it. We need qualified bodies and those will be harder and harder to find.

It's a young pilot group but that has nothing to do with hiring practice. Plenty of new hires in the 40s-50s age range.

A couple years back, my sim partner for the PC was doing his first Airbus PC at 60.

I was hired seven years ago at 52.

I’m in my mid 30s and was in the middle of my class seniority wise (done by age).

I've hired several over 60 pilots. Our rule of thumb...if a pilot can give us two good years, he's made up the investment we made in him for initial training/qualification.

Sad that’s the “rule of thumb”

It’s a business, not a charity


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Why? There's a financial cost to hiring and training a pilot. It doesn't make sense to hire a 64 year old who may only give you 6 months of line flying before he ages out.

Pilots have to be weighed in terms of asset/liability. If what the pilot brings in line flying is less than what it cost to train him, they're a liability. If they bring in more, they become an asset.

What is it you don't understand about that simple equation?